Tracy: 'When you can't run, you crawl... and when you can't crawl, when you can't do that--' Zoe: 'You find someone to carry you.'

'The Message'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Liese S. - Feb 04, 2010 2:15:36 pm PST #6275 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Aargh.

So I'm having a crappy day.

First, I think I have woodworm in my firewood pile. But I can't really find any good info on it on the web, because apparently there are wood-boring beetles that only eat live wood and are therefore not a threat to my house and wood-boring beetles that eat dead wood and therefore my house's collapse is imminent.

Today I stayed home in my house sure to collapse instead of carting the SO around and running errands while he was at work, because I was waiting for the very prompt warranty replacement of my phone. I had to have it replaced because the headphone jack doesn't seat properly and therefore I get right hand only audio in best case scenario, and nada in worst case, with all sorts of nice crunching and static if I wiggle the plug around or apply pressure to it or whatnot.

Tried three different headphones and two adapters (because it's an idiotically 2.5mm jack instead of 3.5mm, which is what the SO has on his EnV Touch). Nope.

And yes, I could just get a bluetooth headset, but the point is, I want to listen to music like it's a music player. And also, I use an eighth inch to eighth inch cable to connect it to external speakers, which is handy because I can teach from it without carting around a pile of cds.

Okay. So. Local phone guy is super nice. At first phone company wants me to come to a center. In Phoenix, hours away. Not happening. So then they very promptly send me out a replacement, with dire warnings as to what might happen to me if I do not sit waiting with bated breath for the delivery guy. Who comes early, bless him, despite our mud rut of a road. (Here, the Fedex guy rents a 4wd. Hee.)

I spend all day a) wrestling with Napster trying to sync up my music (which is weird because apparently Napster believes my phone is a computer. Well, it's close.) and b) backing up all my data and contacts and making sure all my media is on the card, etc.

I should have just fired the bad boy up first, because IT DOES THE EXACT SAME DAMN THING.

I am now coming to the tragic conclusion that it's a hardware design issue. Looking closely at the jack, I can see that it's set back from the body of the phone a bit. There's a cutaway surrounding it, but this is not big enough to admit the entire body of adapter #1. It does admit adapter #2, but this results in only mono left ear sound.

I could cry. And furthermore I got jack all else done today. And I have rehearsal tonight and I'm all pissy! Not the best frame of mind for worship I tell you what.

My first world problems, let me show you them. This is what I get for going on a ringtone rant earlier.


Liese S. - Feb 04, 2010 2:16:45 pm PST #6276 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Wow, that was even tl;dr for me on rereading to check for typos.


Sue - Feb 04, 2010 2:24:24 pm PST #6277 of 30001
hip deep in pie

That is very frustrating Liese.

I am just sititng on the couch like a lump, even though my sister has called and told me she's coming for a visit. Tomorrow. Or maybe Saturday. She doesn't know. I've told she's welcome to come anytime, but I need notice so I can tidy. She seems to consider 24 hours enough notice. It's not.


javachik - Feb 04, 2010 2:27:18 pm PST #6278 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Liese, that sucks. I know entirely too well how dealing with stupid techie issues can eat up a whole day!

Jesse, what did they name the twins?


Jesse - Feb 04, 2010 2:30:35 pm PST #6279 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Caleb and Joshua. I'm still waiting to hear about the other baby born this week!


javachik - Feb 04, 2010 2:35:32 pm PST #6280 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

I love the name Caleb.


§ ita § - Feb 04, 2010 2:44:19 pm PST #6281 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Caleb is a great name, even if I associate it with the guy that put Xander's eye out.

When I was at BevMo, I thought I might pick up a bottle of Oban. $70???? Googling, I see it for around $50. I'm replacing a bottle. Did I really have a bottle of $50 whiskey in my house--and FINISH IT? When did I become that girl with those guests? And who were those guests?


Juliebird - Feb 04, 2010 2:45:48 pm PST #6282 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Good grief, got my electric bill and it's FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!! That's over four times what I normally pay, and that's their *estimate*. How can they look at my past bills and *guess* at such an increase??!?!!


Calli - Feb 04, 2010 2:46:03 pm PST #6283 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Did I really have a bottle of $50 whiskey in my house--and FINISH IT? When did I become that girl with those guests? And who were those guests?

Sadly, grievously, tragically, not me.


Lee - Feb 04, 2010 2:48:26 pm PST #6284 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That's probably better than a $50 bottle of Tequila.

Maybe.